For today my coach is E1 from GKP to PRYJ

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Decent occupancy

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Good Morning and thank you :)

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500ML water bottle along with a disposable cup provided

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Overtook GKP LJN ICE @ KLD
Apologies for poor quality pics

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Reached BST 2mins BT

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Tea served after BST

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Reached AY 15 mins BT

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Crossed BBK @ 9:40

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Reached LKO 5 mins before time

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Tea served again for the second time after LKO departure
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This time I took cardamom tea instead of ginger

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Many pax. deboarded at LKO
Now running with very low occupancy between LKO-PRYJ

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Tomato soup served just before reaching RBL
Is this the only VB where they serve so many things back to back ?
I have travelled in more than 15 VBs in EC class but this stands out in terms of #items/times served onboard

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Reached RBL 12mins before time

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Brand new NWR rake parked @ pf#5 of RBL
Any idea for which train ?

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Super unique WDP4D livery @ RBL

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Woww found another unique WDP4 livery

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Lunch served after RBL (no pickle served)
I had one extra from my yesterday's journey

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Butterscotch ice cream served after lunch

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Crossed UCR @ 12:10

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Some greenary pics near UCR

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Thanks to the translator.. and it works even from Tamil to English !! Nice
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Yes you may be right, but do you think it should be via BE and MB this time ?

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Reached PRYJ @ 13:23...
Now going to Prayagraj airport to catch flight to LKO

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That’s great.

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My coach for today - E1
My seat for today - 16

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Welcomed with newspaper

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Just 4 passengers from MDU in E1
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There are more bookings(than MDU) from TPJ/KRR when I checked current chart online

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First day things :p
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Passengers from KJM to BNC will get lunch as per supervisor!! But will this train ever get any passenger from KJM to BNC ?

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And it's wrap ..
There totally 3 folks onboard who can speak Tamil/kannada rest need to reach out to these 3 folks for language barrier issues as per supervisor

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Tea/Coffee served before DG

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Reached DG 2 mins before time

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TTE formally welcomes me onboard now with a rose

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Thank you Sameer

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Entering TPJ with a delay of 7 mins..
Even though this train was continuously hitting 108-110kmph from DG..still manages to reach TPJ with a delay of 7 mins.. maybe they should add extra 10 mins between DG - TPJ to make it run ontime...

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As expected more passengers boarded at TPJ

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Okay... Got it...

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Cornflakes with milk served before KRR and BF will be served after KRR

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Reached KRR 11 mins BT
Pf #1

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And more pax. boarded from KRR
Now E1 is 50% full

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Probably the best breakfast I have had so far in IR..
Drumstick sambar and red chutney was awesome...
Hope they keep it same even in future...

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Reached NMKL bang ontime

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Tea/Coffee served again

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Reached SA with a delay of 14 mins

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It's day 1... Nothing can be said as of now..

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They did.. but I opted for tea bag one

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I just went through each and checked. All coaches have decent occupancy of more than 60% on day 1 which is definitely a positive sign.

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Few random clicks near patchur... Is this why it's patchur ?

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Tomato soup served @11:15 near KPN

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Crossing BWT @ 11:42
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Crowd waiting for brindavan looking at VB trying to figure out which train :)

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Lunch served after BWT
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Guess what - they served Veg Palav instead of white rice :) but I am not sure if this is just first day thing or it's gonna be this way always ...

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Amul ice cream

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Skipped WFD @ 12:19

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No 110 only

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Reached KJM @12:30

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Reached BNC late by 15 mins
Platform 1B

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Few pics of MDU VB @ BNC

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8 mins between KJM - BNC is very unrealistic..
It had to depart as per scheduled time from KJM @12:52 hence delayed.
I wish they can make some changes to TT , they can change KJM to 12:35-12:38 so that it gets enough time to reach BNC ontime

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Yes they cannot depart ontime is what they were discussing onboard (not sure though) but there was good crowd waiting to board this train - looks like this train is a good one and could be hit soon. Staff were running to SSE to get some document signed and they don't even know where is SSE office @BNC

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DD goes on straight line but this one takes multiple loops to enter 1E + I think it was also trailing some train after KJM - it was very slow didn't even touch 40kmph for some reason

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Yes same crew atleast for today .. they might change later

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Okay sure

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Okay. Could it be some technical reason ? Or waiting for other clearance?

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Woww... I would love to travel by this VB e2e someday

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My seat for today E1-32

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Welcomed with newspaper , rose and refreshing wipe

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Joining BAND-HSRA track @ BYPL

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Catering details onboard

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Tea/Coffee and biscuits served after BYPL

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As expected E1 is almost empty

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Reached HSRA @15:22

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Potato Somasa also served after 10 mins

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Coffee/Tea served again :)

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Yep...

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Random clicks near RYC

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Agree... It did touch 100+ kmph at some places... Currently doing 97 kmph

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Reached DPJ late by 23 mins

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Few more clicks near MPC

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This is probably the earliest IR has ever served tomato soup for dinner @ 17:10 pm (before SA)

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Dinner served at 18:40 hrs IST

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Agree way too early

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Agree but they said for everyone they serve at same time... Hope I don't feel hungry between TUP-CBE lol

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They already took back tray... I managed to save some snacks though :p

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And here comes ice cream at 19:15 hrs IST

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Reached CBE 5 mins BT

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Could be tricky... It does run behind MAS CBE VB from SA all the way till CBE , BNC CbE VB was running late by 20 mins after HSRA till TUP and since it had slack time in the end it - made it 5 mins BT.
It maybe possible with a slot change + once BYPL - HSRA-SA is completely doubled as it it did wait for KIK SMVT somewhere for 10mins and luckily ERS - SBC ICE was running late by 3+ hrs

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Wowwww .. IR can do anything !!!
Luckily I was not travelling on this day by this train _/\_

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